The Mill & the Cross (Blu-ray)
Behind every great painting lies an even greater story
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 35 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 31, 2012
- Originally Released: 2011
- Label: Kino Lorber
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Rutger Hauer, Joanna Litwin, Bartosz Capowicz, Dorota Lis, Michael York, Charlotte Rampling, Wojciech Mierkulow, Mateusz Machnik, Sylwia Szczerba & Marian Makula | |
Directed by | Lech Majewski | |
Screenwriting by | Lech Majewski & Michael Francis Gibson | |
Composition by | Lech Majewski & Jozef Skrzek | |
Director of Photography: | Lech Majewski & Adam Sikora |
Entertainment Reviews:
5 stars out of 5 -- Majewski's film is a stunning piece of art in its own right. At once a look at an artist's process, a close examination of an individual work of art, and a history lesson...
Box Office
Rating: 2.5/4 --
The Mill and the Cross may thrill you. But be prepared for a fight. Twenty minutes in, your companion may throw up his or her arms and complain, "This is like watching a painting dry."
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Globe and Mail
Rating: 4/10 --
While there are some interesting visuals, the lack of story and emotion doom this film.
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The Scorecard Review
Rating: 3/4 --
The Mill & the Cross invites us to inhabit a work of art along with the mind of the man who made it and to be enthralled by the images shared in vivid tableaux by visionary Polish director Lech Majewski.
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Toronto Star
Rating: B+ --
"The Mill and the Cross" might not be perfect, but it's stimulating, hypnotic and, in its unique way, exciting.
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Detroit News
Rating: 3.5/4 --
What hangs before us is so striking, beautiful, strange, vast, horrifying, ethereal, lifelike - so alive - that we're desperate to enter the other side of the canvas, to be inside the painting.
Boston Globe
Rating: 3/4 --
It's a compelling museum piece, an engaging piece of art history brought to vivid life by a man with a keen understanding of its roots and origins.
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From the Front Row
Product Description:
Lech Majewski directed this visually striking examination of the nexus between art and politics in the 16th century. In 1564, the Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel created one of his best-known and most controversial works, "The Procession to Calvary," in which Christ, carrying his cross, makes his way to his own crucifixion though a crowded landscape that features representations of hundreds of historic and contemporary figures. The painting was a biting commentary on political matters of the day as well as a satiric view of religion, and in THE MILL & THE CROSS, Majewski re-creates the making of Bruegel's masterpiece, as the artist (played by Rutger Hauer) stages the images and explains their meanings while we learn more about the individuals depicted and the people who posed for the work, many of whom have their own stories to tell. Using digital imaging technology, THE MILL & THE CROSS allows viewers to enter into Bruegel's painting as the static figures come to life. Also starring Charlotte Rampling and Michael York, THE MILL & THE CROSS received its American premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.